Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before live TV

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Post by akyuu » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 1:26 PM UTC

Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before live TV
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Post by andsoitis » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 1:35 PM UTC

Hisense has low taste.

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Post by ktallett » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 1:35 PM UTC

Another brand I will not buy. What has become of so many companies selling out? Apple, Lenovo, Hisense, and so on.

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Post by mathgeek » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 1:35 PM UTC

Hopefully these can still be blocked by adguard et al: https://old.reddit.com/r/Adblock/comments/116144l/is_there_a...

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Post by ramesh31 » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC

Worth it for the price though. A 100" Hisense can be had for $1k now at Best Buy. Would have been a $20,000 TV 10 years ago.

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Post by bilekas » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC

Ughh.. I recently turned on my 1000EUR+ LG Oled TV to find that it had automatically installed a Copilot app.. And keeps doing it every few days.

Is there any smart TV that I can actually just use a TV how I want? Or am I reduced to buying an Apple TV device and unplugging the TV from the internet entirely ?

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Post by andsoitis » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 1:41 PM UTC

> live TV

Does anyone watch linear TV other than for sport and news?

Everything else (movies, TV shows) is through streaming apps, no?

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Post by steveBK123 » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 1:45 PM UTC

ramesh31 wrote: post #5

Worth it for the price though. A 100" Hisense can be had for $1k now at Best Buy. Would have been a $20,000 TV 10 years ago.

The problem is slopware is everywhere now

You can buy a $5k TV and its startup time, auto-play adware at the Home Screen, constant OS popup notification BS, etc are almost universal.

You can't buy your way out of scammy experiences anymore because the market has figured out the people most able to afford buying their way out of it are the highest value ad/scam targets.

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Post by cr125rider » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC

ktallett wrote: post #3

Another brand I will not buy. What has become of so many companies selling out? Apple, Lenovo, Hisense, and so on.

It’s unfair to say Apple has sold out when they’re the last bastion of commercial streaming boxes that aren’t riddled with ads

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Post by ectospheno » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC

Once I verify a home video product works as intended I remove its network connection and never connect it again. I then leave its static ip address configured and block any traffic from it on the off chance it’s ever connected again.

The sole exception is my PlayStation 5. I use apps on it for all streaming.